Good morning from Augusta. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is in flux on Wednesday morning as Republicans look poised to move forward with the nomination if the woman who says he sexually assaulted her doesn’t testify.

Good day from Augusta, where the ad wars are ramping up in Maine’s hotly contested races for governor and the 2nd Congressional District, which are likely to be the most interesting and expensive campaigns of this cycle.

On Nov. 6, Maine voters will again be asked to take tax and social services policy into their own hands via the citizen initiative process.

Good morning from Augusta. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court seems to be in its first real danger after a woman who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while in high school has come forward publicly.

The 128th Maine Legislature, which presided over a state shutdown last year and stretched nearly five months past its scheduled end in 2018, closed its work for the year on Thursday — but not without dealing with Gov. Paul LePage’s late threat to call it back.

Good morning from Augusta, where the merciful last day of the 2018 legislative session was made less quiet on Thursday by Gov. Paul LePage, who made a threat that moved lawmakers to pass a bill that many Republicans didn’t want.

Katahdin Trust Company was recently named as one of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Maine.

Spend a bit of time sharing a boat with a registered Maine guide, and you’re apt to learn all kinds of things about life, nature and other assorted topics. And the more familiar you become with that guide -- after a few years of visiting the same lodge, for instance -- the more likely it is that conversations will roam to subjects you never expected

The Houlton Rotary club met Monday Sept. 10, 2018 for its luncheon meeting.

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry has received additional funding from USDA’s Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program to support its Maine Senior FarmShare Program.

The Greater Fort Kent Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a workshop for companies interested in expanding their business with federal, state and local agencies. The free informational session will be held at the Fort Kent Town Office Thursday, Sept. 20, at 10 a.m.

Dale J. Gordon, a board-certified family and emergency nurse practitioner, has returned to Full Circle Health Care LLC in Presque Isle.